- A chokha, also
known as a
cherkeska, is a
woolen coat with a high neck that is part of the
traditional male
dress of
peoples of the Caucasus. It was in...
- collar, and the
cherkeska, a
collarless outer shirt with a V-shaped
opening in the
front with long, wide sleeves.
Across the
cherkeska were the gazerei...
-
people influenced the
dress and
uniform of the Cossacks — the
distinctive cherkeska overcoat and the
bashlyk scarf,
local dance such as the
Lezginka too came...
- A
Terek Cossack about 1860. His
uniform copies the
native dress, the
caucasian burka: papakha,
cherkeska with
gazerei and kinzhal...
- over
which would be worn a drab-coloured, sleeved, ankle-length robe (
cherkeska) with a deep v-neck and 7-11
decorative cartridge tubes (gaziry) on each...
- sabers, daggers, Circ****ian saddles, Circ****ian horses) to
uniforms (
Cherkeska, burqa, papaha).
Known rulers of the
region include: 400–383 BC: Hekataios...
- the
Ottoman army was
greatly influenced by the Circ****ians. They wore
cherkeska and they were
armed with
shashka Circ****ian
swords and
Caucasian dagger...
-
slightly ****ed
beshmet (Rutul: arkhaluk), and a
North Caucasian-style
cherkeska with
cartridge holders (gazyrs). The
headgear was a
papakha made from...
- with
black velvet cuffs.
Several similar garments include the knee-long
cherkeska [uk] (Ukrainian: черкеска) made of
homespun broadcloth, men's chemerka...
-
Grozny and Nalchik. Some of the Jews wear
European costume,
others -
cherkeskas. But life in the
mountains has
nevertheless left its mark on them: many...
